artist Sasquatch Prom Date

Sasquatch Prom Date is a rip roarin' rockabilly band from Whitehorse, Yukon.
 
Upright bass player Genesee Keevil moved to the Yukon seven years ago to race rescued sled dogs and work as a journalist. On the dance floor at the Gold Pan saloon she met frontman Ryan McNally, who'd just thumbed his way north from Montreal. Throw in cartoonist and photojournalist Ian Stewart on backup guitar and hot-dog vendor Patrick Singh on the drums and that's Sasquatch Prom Date.
 
Showcasing at the Vancouver Olympics and playing with everyone from SNFU to Corb Lund, Sasquatch Prom Date has made a name for itself in BC, the Yukon and Alaska.
 
Now, after releasing its most recent album, A Chilling End to A High School Romance, the group is touring in Ontario and Quebec.
 
Sasquatch Prom Date’s jumpin' tunes appeal to everyone from underage punkers to elderly grandparents reminiscing about poodle skirts and saddle shoes. The band's old-time rockabilly jive comes alive with vocal yelps, walking basslines, a groovy backbeat and scorching guitar riffs that evoke images of drag strip races, beehive hairdos and soda fountains.
 
Open the frosty bar door at 40 below and the sudden onslaught of '50s rockabilly draws even the most reticent woolly bushmen onto the dance floor.
 
Fans have started coming to performances dressed for the prom. It's hard-driving, sweaty rockabilly all night long.
 

“Sasquatch Prom Date literally blew the lid off the joint Friday evening with a searing set of sci-fi rockabilly for the ages.” Jason Unrau, Whitehorse Star
 
"We ended the night at the Pit where I saw possibly my favourite act of the festival, rockabilly group Sasquatch Prom Date." Kevin Chong, The Walrus